The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen 20QD-0000US makes for an outstanding Traditional Laptop at $1549. The Lenovo Yoga C930 Intel i7, 12GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSDFHD (2018), however, while overall a good product for its asking price, doesn't quite manage to stand out from its competition - there are better Traditional Laptops that can be found for around $1,000 available here.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen 20QD-0000US has done great in quite a few roundups from some of the most highly trusted sources available, such as Wirecutter (NYTimes), Wirecutter, Laptop Mag, and PCmag, which perform high-quality in-depth testing. It got awarded the "Upgrade pick" title by Wirecutter (NYTimes), "Upgrade pick" by Wirecutter, and "Best overall ThinkPad you can buy" by Laptop Mag in their respective roundups. Earning that much praise from such respected sources is undoubtedly an impressive accomplishment.

As for the Lenovo Yoga C930 Intel i7, 12GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSDFHD (2018), it was really well-received by reviewers at Laptop Mag, a reliable source that's known for conducting its own, high-quality, in-depth testing. It performed great in its "The Best Lenovo Laptops of IFA 2018" roundup and was named its "Ranked 2 out of 6", which, on its own, makes it a product that warrants a closer look.

We analyzed all of the review data that we could find on these two Traditional Laptops. First, we examined sources that tested and scored both of these products - Tom's Hardware and CNET favored the Lenovo Yoga C930 Intel i7, 12GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSDFHD (2018) over the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen 20QD-0000US, whereas reviewers at Laptop Mag, PCmag, Digitaltrends, and Expert Reviews haven't shown a preference for either.

Then we took a look at which sources liked them the most - we found that the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen 20QD-0000US was best received by Notebookcheck.net - it gave it a score of 9.1, whereas the Lenovo Yoga C930 Intel i7, 12GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSDFHD (2018) got its highest score of 9 from reviewers at Tom's Hardware.

Lastly, we averaged out all of the reviews scores that we could find on these two products and compared them to other Traditional Laptops on the market. We learned that both of them performed far better than most of their competitors - the overall review average earned by Traditional Laptops being 7.6 out of 10, whereas the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen 20QD-0000US and Lenovo Yoga C930 Intel i7, 12GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSDFHD (2018) managed averages of 8.6 and 8.4 points, respectively.

Due to the difference in their prices, however, it's important to keep in mind that a direct Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7th Gen 20QD-0000US vs. Lenovo Yoga C930 Intel i7, 12GB DDR4, 512GB PCIe SSDFHD (2018) comparison might not be entirely fair - some sources don't take value for money into account when assigning their scores and therefore have a tendency to rate more premium products better.